weorþ-mynd
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On his winestran handa wǽre wela and wyrðmynt ( gloria ) . . . Hé mæt ðone welan and ðone wyrðmynd tó ðære winestran handa, Past. 50; Swt. 389, 17-19. Wæs Hróðgáre herespéd gyfen, wíges weorðmynd ( glorious success in war ), Beo. Th. 130 ; B. 65.
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ge-þungen
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Swylce hit cild wǽre ... swylce hé medemre ylde man wǽre, and óðre hwíle swylce hé eald geþungen man wǽre, Wlfst. 99, 15. Cildhád gewít tó cnihtháde, and cnihthád tó geðungenum wæstme, Hml. Th. i. 490, 3.
hryre
Fall ⬩ downfall ⬩ ruin ⬩ destruction ⬩ perdition ⬩ decay ⬩ decline ⬩ death
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His hryre wæs micel fuit ruina ejus magna, Mt. Kmbl. 7, 27. Hægles hryre fall of hail, Exon. 56 a; Th. 198, 26; Ph. 16. Ðæt ðæs folces sceolde micel hryre beón that there should be a great destruction among the Romans, Ors. 4, 1; Bos. 77, 45.
leahter
a crime ⬩ fault ⬩ offence ⬩ sin ⬩ vice ⬩ disgraceful ⬩ reproach ⬩ opprobrium ⬩ blame ⬩ disgrace ⬩ disease ⬩ disorder ⬩ hurt ⬩ malady
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Hé unscyldig and bútan leahtrum wæs clǽne geméted absque crimine inventus est, 5, 19; S. 639, 30. Bysmrian leahtrum belecgan to revile and load with opprobrium, Andr. Kmbl. 2591; An. 1297.
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mónaþ
A month ⬩ lunar ⬩ calendar
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Ðý syxtan mónþe ðæs ðe Sanctus Johannes on his módor bósm onfangen wæs, Blickl. Homl. 165, 24. Æfter nigan mónþa fæce, 9, 29. Feola mónþa, Bd. 5, 19; S. 638, 19. On XII mónþum, Chart. Th. 433, 10. Fíf, syx mónþas, Lk. Skt. 1, 24: 4, 25.
blǽd
a blast, blowing, breath, spirit, life, mind ⬩ flamen, flatus, inspiratio? spiritus, vita, animus ⬩ enjoyment, prosperity, abundance, success, blessedness, gift, reward, benefit, glory, honour ⬩ fruitio, prosperitas, abundantia, successus, beatitudo, donum, præmium, beneficium, gloria, dignitas ⬩ flatus
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Wæs his blǽd mid God his reward was with God, 39 a; Th. 128, 27; Gú. 410: 20 b; Th. 55, 4; Cri. 878. Wæs heora blǽd micel their glory was great, Cd. 1; Th. 2, 5; Gen. 14.
ge-bindan
to bind ⬩ tie up ⬩ lĭgāre ⬩ allĭgāre ⬩ vincīre ⬩ constringĕre ⬩ to deceive ⬩ fallĕre
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Wæs his gewuna ðæt he him forgeáfe ǽnne gebundenne sŏlēbat dimittĕre illis ūnum ex vinctis, Mk. Bos. 15, 6: Bd. 1, 27; S. 497, 33: Chr. 796; Erl. 58, 12: Exon. 102 b; Th. 387, 20; Rä. 5, 8.
á-feallan
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Sió lár áfeallen wæs, Past. 7, 16. Áfeallan of ðǽre weámódnesse ðe hit ǽr on áhafen wæs, 297, 19. of destruction, to fall to the ground, be destroyed Ǽlc riht áfeóll, Chr. noo; P. 235, 24
ge-mittan
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Mið ðý untýnde ꝥ bóc, gemitte tó stóue ðér áwritten wæs, Lk. L. R. 4, 17. Ðá hé cóm ongeán dǽm herge, þá gemitte hé þǽr swelcne feld swá him ǽr on swefne ætýwed wæs, Shrn. 70, 16. Þá eóde ꝥ folc on þá sǽand hig gemytton þǽr stǽnen hús, 150, 22.
Wintan-ceaster
Winchester
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Syþþan ðæt gemót wæs on Winceastre, L. C. S. 30 ; Th. i. 392, 26. Ðes Swíðún wæs bisceop on Winceastre, Homl. Skt. i. 21, 14. Æðelwold biscop on Winceastre, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. vi. 207. 6
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twengan
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To pinch, squeeze, twinge Gyf ðé gedrýptes wínes lyste, ðonne dó ðú mid ðínum swýþran scytefingre on ðíne wynstran hand, swylce ðú tæppian wille, and wænd ðínne scytefinger ádúne and twængc hine mid ðínum twám fingrum, swylce ðú of sumne dropan strícan
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Þór
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one of the gods, Thor Nú secgaþ sume ða Denisce men on heora gedwylde, ðæt se Iouis wǽre, ðe hý þór hátaþ, Mercuries sunu, ðe hí Óðon namiaþ; ac hí nabbaþ ná riht: for ðan ðe wé rǽdaþ on bócum, ge on hǽþenum ge on cristenun, ðæt se hetula Iouis tó sóðan
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un-gelícness
Difference ⬩ dissimilarity ⬩ diversity
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Difference, dissimilarity, diversity Ic cwæð ðæt ǽghwelc mon wǽre óðrum gelíc ácenned, ac sió ungelícnes hiera earnunga hié tíhð sume behindan sume ...
ymb-sníþan
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Ðæt ðæt cild emsnyden (ymb-, v. l. ) wǽre, 2, 21. Ymbsniden, Homl. Th. i. 90, 14, 18, 30. Heora fæderas wǽron ymbsnidene, Jos. 5, 4
an-bíd
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Hé áhsode hwæt his anbíd wǽre ( quae est expectatio mea?, 38, 9), Ps. Th. 39, arg. Hit is eldung and anbíd þæs héhstan déman. For þám anbíde . . . , Bt. 38, 3; F. 202, 17.
blód
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Heó sǽde ꝥ hire blód forlǽten wǽre on earme, Bd. 5, 3; Sch. 563, 2. Swíðe unwíslíce gé dydon, þæt gé sceoldon on feówernihtne mónan blód lǽtan, Sch. 564, 6: Lch. iii. 184, 11. Ǽr him mon blód lǽte, þám þe fela blódes hæfþ, ii. 210, 16.
on-tydran
to nourish, support
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to nourish, support Hú þyncþ eów hú seó sibb gefæstnad wǽre, hwæðér hió síe ðæm gelícost ðe mon nime ǽnne eles dropan, and drýpe on án micel fýr, and þence hit mid ðæm ádwæscan?
á-tǽsan
To tear with a weapon
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Gif ðú wǽre on fell scoten oððe ... on flǽsc ... oððe ... on lið, nǽfre ne sý ðín líf átǽsed, Lch. iii. 54, 8.
treów
truth to a promise or engagement, ⬩ faith ⬩ good or bad faith ⬩ to keep faith with a person ⬩ troth ⬩ truth to a person, ⬩ fidelity ⬩ fealty ⬩ loyalty ⬩ the truth of the stronger to the weaker, ⬩ grace ⬩ favour ⬩ help ⬩ an assurance of faith or truth ⬩ word (in to give or pledge one's word) ⬩ a promise ⬩ an engagement ⬩ a covenant ⬩ league ⬩ faith in something ⬩ belief ⬩ trust ⬩ confidence
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Se wæs ofslagen ofer áþas and treówa (or under I.) contra fidem jurisjurandi peremptus est, Bd. 2, 20; S. 521, 17.
CWÉN
a woman ⬩ femina ⬩ a wife ⬩ uxor ⬩ a king's or emperor's wife, a QUEEN, empress ⬩ regina, imperatrix, augusta
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Se wæs Melcolmes sunu cynges and Margarite ðære cwénan he was the son of king Malcolm and queen Margaret, Chr. 1097 ; Erl. 234, 37